The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-25

rights OF the States and regard them 81
the SCENTS Of the people for local purposes
precisely Us the general government is she
agent oil the people for national purposes; !;
that they we're to he loved uud respected
as the guardians OF persona! rishte Of re.
ligion, of property ard social, and that
love for ones State was entirely consistent
with the love OF country SO ths lovs OF no
other is with that Of father.
State rights Rs distinguished from Ma
tional authority has been the disturbing
element OF American politics. To the
people at large both State and National
are convenient asenciel for the exercise
OF diatinct and separate owners for the
common good. To this individual citizan
they are the guariiSrs ol distinct aud
separate rights aud privileges for which
We owe alle2ienca and duty. Thay ars
not hostile spheres but, like the planets,
moving in the graud harmony Of the uni
verse III friendly corporation; but it is
the people, the whole people and
nothing but tho people, tha. is the
governing aud paramount factor OF our
aystem; this, at least, is tho theory
| have been taught, and il any Of You
reared in school which have inherited
jealousy and suspicion OF fedora! author
ily sn1 OF especial reverence for that OF
the State OF Tennessee you may find in
this he germ OF the controversy fought
out in the war. II understand tho prin-
ciples OF tn: Republican party would
say they are anbracea in the trinity ni
union, constitution and country, tho prs.
serva:ion OF the union, the maintsnanca
OF the !ull powers OF the conatitutiou and
the growth OF prosperity aud grandeur OF
our country III ail it's paris as II is no~ or
has been.
TIE SLAVERY QUESTION.
These ideas we inherit from the wieeet
ssatesmen In American history, and now
since they have bser reaiIirmsd by the
var there is nothing 10 divide American
citizens by sectional lines but prajudice
and passion. rhia WAS not 40 before the
war. Our fathers lpuni in most OF the
States uystem Of snrvitud8 incouataut
with the gonius OF hor inatitutions.
They did not understand how 10 deal
with It. nor was The feeling aeaiAg! alaveyy
confined to sectional linen. The moat elo
qnent denunciation oi slavery came from
Jeherson and Mason, and II had its inter
ented defenders both North and South
Our iaihera found 1t aud left 1t Gs q l8ea
inBtitutinn 10 the States, but provided thai
fugitiyc8 iron, seryiro escaping from ont
State to another ahould Us surrendered tc
the owner.
Tho controversy shout atavery aross
frat ps to newly acquired territory, bu
this vas suttlad down from time TO tint
by compromises, vhilh were gcQnleacat
in by both political pariiea. It WAS be
lieved by Buch statesmen nc Henry UlaI
and John Bell that the compromise o
1850 was tho end OF Bectiongi controversy
and it must be remembered that 1t WA
q Democratic stAtesuAn IRON the nortt
in Gis mad pursuit. OF tho presidency thai
reopened The controversy. | had been
member OF tho Viii: na.ional conventions
Of 1876 and 1852 and had supported Tay
ior ard Scott, both Southern men, but
ielt atn4n Of wrong and injustice don't
by tbs repesl O. the Missouri co'npro'nls
and that led me int. the Republican party
THE rARTY LsKs.
The people OF tho South have never ap
prec,alei tho deep, strong impresS'or
msdB upon conreIsatiyo men In th'
North by thiA mont fatal .ni .oolias
muasure. We regarded it not only no
breach OF nursolihi laith, but 80 threat
ened hnbyarniou Dt the constitution II
maklny slavery national inB'inl,ion, an'
as tending TO Bubynrt thu |jnion, IN,
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